CHANGES TO 2015-2018 CBA
AS PER FIU-UFF AGREEMENT FROM 2/22/17
Proposed changes to the 2015-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement are listed below in red
color—either as additions (underlined) or deletions (strikethrough).
Page numbers (in blue)
,referenced in parentheses, are to the
current 2015-2018 CBA
, and given new additions/deletions, they may change in the future.
Article 3 UFF CHAPTER PRIVILEGES
3.4 (g) Released time shall be used for conducting UFF
Chapter business at the University or State level and shall not be used
for lobbying, or other political representation , or for
any activities for which the use of released time is prohibited by State
law.
(current CBA, p. 9)
Article 11 SALARIES
11.1 20165-20176 Salary Increases. The salary increases represented in 11.1(a) and (b) are derived from eighteen point four percent (18.4%) of the total performance funding that FIU received for the 20165-20176 performance outcomes.
(a) 20165-20176
Retention Increase. Effective on January 16, 2016, all eligible
employees who were employed prior to July 1, 2015 and who are
continuously employed through January 1, 2016 and are not in receipt
of a notice of termination or non-reappointment shall receive a one
percent (1.00%) retention increase to their base salaries.
Effective on January 14, 2017, all eligible employees who
were employed prior to July 1, 2016 and who are continuously
employed through January 1, 2017, are not in receipt of a notice of
termination or non-reappointment, and who have received a minimum
overall rating of “satisfactory” or better in their most recent
annual evaluation shall receive a one percent (1.00%) retention
increase to their base salaries, with a minimum increase of
$800.
(b) 20165-20176
Department Merit. The University shall provide merit pay funding
totaling one percent (1.00%) with a minimum of $750 awarded to each
eligible faculty member, of the total bargaining unit base salary
payroll, as it existed on the last full pay period of the 2014-2015
Academic Year on a pro rata basis to departments/units, as their base
salary payroll existed on the last full pay period of the 2014-2015
Academic Year. The funds provided shall be distributed to employees
within each department or academic unit consistent with the criteria and
procedures set forth in the BOT-UFF Policy concerning Employee
Performance Evaluation and effective on January 16, 2016. If merit
criteria apply to the entire college/school, the college/school is the
unit. All employees are, or upon appointment will be, assigned to an
existing department/unit. To be eligible the employee must have been
continuously employed prior to July 1, 2015.
The
University shall provide merit pay funding totaling one-half of one
percent (0.50%) of the total bargaining unit base salary payroll, as it
existed on the last full pay period of the 2015-2016 Academic Year on a
pro rata basis to departments/units, as their base salary payroll
existed on the last full pay period of the 2015-2016 Academic Year. The
funds provided shall be distributed to employees within each department
or academic unit as a base salary increase consistent with the criteria
and procedures set forth in the BOT-UFF Policy concerning Employee
Performance Evaluation and effective on January 14, 2017. If merit
criteria apply to the entire college/school, the college/school is the
unit. All employees are, or upon appointment will be, assigned to an
existing department/unit. To be eligible the employee must have been
continuously employed prior to July 1, 2016.
11.2 2015-2018 Convocation Awards. At the annual
Faculty Convocation the FIU Board of Trustees or designee may provide to
employees one-time awards totaling no more than 0.16% of the total
employee payroll as of the end of the prior Academic Year for special
achievements, including awards for teaching, research, service,
mentorship, librarianship and advising and Distinguished University
Professor, according to the selection procedures established by
the Faculty Senate. No later than July 30 of each year, the University
shall provide the local UFF chapter a listing of such awards showing the
name and department of each employee given an award during the previous
academic year and the amount and nature of the award.
(current CBA, p. 28)
11.4 Promotion Increases. Effective at the beginning of the academic year in which their promotions are effective, employees shall be awarded promotion increases as follows:
(a) To Assistant University Librarian or Assistant Professor, a nine percent (9%) increase;
(b) To Senior Lecturer, Senior Instructor, Research Associate,
Associate Scholar/Scientist/Engineer (Research Associate Professor),
Associate University Librarian, or Associate Professor, a ten percent
(10%) twelve percent (12%) increase;
(c) To University Lecturer, University Instructor,
Scholar/Scientist/Engineer (Research Professor), University Librarian,
or Professor, a twelve percent (12%) fourteen percent (14%) increase.
(d) Those employees mentioned under (b) and (c) who received a
promotion increase at the beginning of academic year 2016-2017 shall
receive an additional two percent (2%) increase to their base salary as
of January 14, 2017 calculated on the salary of August 19, 2016, prior
to the application of the promotion increase of Fall 2016.
(current CBA, p. 29)
11.11 Distinguished University Professor. The
Provost shall designate up to five Distinguished University Professors
each year and the individuals selected will each receive a $5,000 base
salary adjustment as part of the annual salary increase process in the
academic year following their selection as Distinguished University
Professors. The Provost, in accordance with the university governance
process and subject to consultation with UFF, shall determine the
criteria and procedures.
(current CBA, p. 30)
APPENDIX A
POSITION CLASSIFICATION IN THE BARGAINING UNIT
INCLUDED:
All full time and regular part-time employees in the following classifications:
9001 - Professor
9002 - Associate Professor
9003 - Assistant Professor
9024 - University Instructor
9014 - Senior Instructor
9004 - Instructor
9025 – University Lecturer
9015 – Senior Lecturer
9005 - Lecturer
9006 - Graduate Research Professor
9007 - Distinguished Service Professor
9009 - Eminent Scholar
9053 - University Librarian
9054 - Associate University Librarian
9055 - Assistant University Librarian
9056 - Instructor Librarian
9120 - Associate in
9121 - Assistant in
9126 - Program Director
9160 - Scholar/Scientist/Engineer (Research Professor)
9161 - Associate Scholar/Scientist/Engineer (Research Associate Professor)
9162 - Assistant Scholar/Scientist/Engineer (Research Assistant Professor)
9166 - Research Associate
9178 - Instructional Specialist
And employees with the following Administrative Titles: Associate Chair (C2), Assistant Chair (C3).
EXCLUDED:
C1 - chairpersons, deans, associate deans, assistant deans, directors,
and all administrators above them, all employees of the school of law,
all employees of the College of Medicine, chairman of the faculty senate
serving on the board of trustees, managerial and confidential employees,
and all other employees of The Board of Trustees of the Florida
International University.
(current CBA, p. 37)
BOT-UFF POLICY
PROMOTIONS
Procedures:
(1) Eligibility: Employees classified as Instructor, Lecturer, Senior Instructor, Senior Lecturer, Instructor Librarian, Assistant University Librarian, Associate University Librarian, Assistant Scholar/Scientist/Engineer (Research Assistant Professor), Associate Scholar/Scientist/Engineer (Research Associate Professor), Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Research Associate, Senior Research Associate, Instructional Specialist, and Senior Instructional Specialist shall be eligible to apply for promotion. Employees appointed with the modifiers “Clinical” or “Professional Practice” shall be eligible for promotion. Employees appointed with the modifier “Visiting” shall not be eligible for promotion.
(…)
(3) Promotion Criteria and Procedures.
(a) Each college/school and/or department/unit, as its faculty deem
appropriate, subject to the approval of the Dean/Director and Provost,
shall adopt its own promotion criteria and procedures, consistent with
University-wide criteria and procedures, and reflecting the particular
mission and disciplinary requirements specific to the academic unit.
Policies on the promotion process must include a poll by secret ballot
of the members of the employee’s department/unit concerning the
employee’s promotion application, in accordance with criteria for voting
set out by the employee’s department/unit. Such criteria and procedures,
as appropriate to the academic unit, shall provide for promotion to
Senior Lecturer, Senior Instructor, University Lecturer, University
Instructor, Assistant University Librarian, Associate University
Librarian, University Librarian, Associate Scholar/Scientist/Engineer
(Research Associate Professor), Scholar/Scientist/Engineer (Research
Professor), Associate Professor, Professor, Research Associate, Senior
Research Associate, Instructional Specialist, and Senior Instructional
Specialist. In the event that through the University’s Strategic
Planning process there is a recommendation different than the process
defined in this policy, the parties agree to renegotiate this policy
without the use of a reopener.
(current CBA, pp. 70-71)
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